The Law Office of Charles E. Ridenour

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The Law Office of Charles E. Ridenour

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Church

  •  Member First Baptist Church, Sweetwater, Tennessee
  • Chair, Personnel Committee, 1984-85 and 2001/2002
  • Chair of the By-Laws Committee, 86- Present
  • Member the Finance Committee, 91-93
  • Trustee, 1995 to 2010 and 2018 to 2022

Community Involvement

  

  • Member and Chair of Sweetwater City Schools “Better Schools” Advisory Board, 1985-86
  • Monroe County United Way, 1982 to 1995 and 1998 to present, Chair 1984 to 1995 & 2025
  • Sweetwater Valley Citizens for the Arts, 1982 to 1986, Chair 1984-86
  • Member Sweetwater Odd Fellows Lodge #280, since 1980
  • Member of Sweetwater Masonic Lodge #292, since 1975, Secretary 1979 to 1990
  • Secretary, Monroe County Election Commission, 1980-84
  • Member of the Monroe County Election Commission, 2012 to present
  • President, Knox County Chapter of the Tennessee State Employees   Association, 1979-80
  • Outstanding Young Man in America, 1986
  • Monroe County Business Associate of the Year, 1986
  • Job Partnership Training Act, Advisory Board Member, 1987-88
  • Member of the Board of Overlook Center, Inc., 1988 to 1994, Chair, 1992-93
  • Member of the Board for the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce,1988
  • Adjunct Faculty Member of Cleveland State Community College, 1988-89
  • Member of the Monroe County Health Access Committee, 1990 to 2003,   Chair 02/03
  • Adjunct Faculty Member of Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1995
  • Vice President of the Sweetwater Citizens Industrial Committee, 1990 to   2004 to 2018
  • Voted the Best Attorney in Monroe County for 2015, 2016, 2017 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Member of the Monroe County 200 Year Committee 2018-2019 -
  • Sweetwater Library Foundation 2010 to 2023, Chairman 2014-2017 and 2022
  • Member of the Monroe County Industrial Committee – 2018 to Present
  • Forman of the Monroe County Grand Jury  – 2018 to Present
  • Chairman of the Monroe County Beer Board – 2012 to Present
  • City Attorney for the Town of Tellico 2016 to Present
  • Past City Attorney for the City of Vonore
  • Member of the CASA (Court Appointed Child Advocate) Board, 2024

Kiwanis

  •  Distinguished President, Sweetwater Kiwanis Club, 1982-83 & 2007-2008
  • Distinguished Lieutenant Governor, Division Four, 1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988
  • District Chairman-By-Laws and Resolution Committee, 1987-94 and 1996-1997
  • Life Member of Kentucky/Tennessee District #22
  • Perfect Attendance Sweetwater Kiwanis Club 1980 to present
  • District Chairman Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Bill of Rights, 1990-91
  • Distinguished Kentucky-Tennessee District Governor, 1994-95
  • Member of the K-T Foundation Board, 93-96
  • Legal Advisor to the K-T Foundation, 1997 to Present
  • Osborn Fellow #7
  • Member of the K-T District Finance Committee, 1987 to present
  • Life Member Kiwanis International #7789
  • Hixon Fellow #1398
  • Shafer Fellow # 3
  • K-T District Risk Manager, 1999 to Present
  • Member of the International Citizenship Committee, 1996-97
  • Chair of the Credentials Committee for the Nashville International Convention, 1997-98
  • Chair of the International Presidents Special Advisory Group, 2000-2001
  • International Constitution and Bylaws Committee for Kiwanis International, 2002-2003, 2008-2010, Chairman 2009/2010 


Boy Scouts of America

  • Arrow of Light, 1959
  • Eagle Scout, 1967
  • Assistant Scoutmaster, Sweetwater Boy Scout Troop #98, 1971 to 2001
  • Troop Committee Chairman, Boy Scout Troop #98, 2001 to Present
  • Board Member-Great Smokey Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1984 to 2006, 
  • Chairman of the Camping Committee, 2003 to 2005
  • Executive Board Member-Great Smokey Mountain Council, 1987 to 2006
  • Advancement Chairman, Unaka District, Boy Scouts of America,1984 to 2012
  • Chairman, Unaka District, Great Smokey Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1986-1989
  • District Award of Merit, 1987
  • The Silver Beaver Award, 1988
  • Adult Religious Award, 1991
  • Monroe County Good Scout Award, 2016 

The Law Office of Charles E. Ridenour

401 Sweetwater Vonore Road, Sweetwater, Tennessee 37874, United States

423-337-6123

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